This grant provides continued general operating support for the Greater New Orleans Funders Network (GNOFN), an affinity group of over 25 local and national philanthropic groups collectively advancing residents' social and economic mobility in the Greater New Orleans region. View Website

This grant seeks to increase and align philanthropic investments in New Orleans by supporting the Greater New Orleans Funder’s Network (GNOFN). GNOFN is an affinity group of over 35 local and national philanthropies that was founded to convene and organize philanthropy in the Greater New Orleans region. View Website

Innovate Memphis is a nonprofit organization that focuses on social innovation and neighborhood economic vitality within Memphis. This grant will support the Memphis demonstration site for the national Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative, which seeks to utilize Memphis’ Fourth Bluff to connect Memphis’s riverfront to its downtown via key assets—the Cossitt Library, Mississippi River Park, Memphis Park, and a connecting pedestrian/bike trail View Website

Innovate Memphis is a nonprofit organization that focuses on social innovation and neighborhood economic vitality within Memphis. This grant supports a demonstration site for the national Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative, which seeks to utilize Memphis’ Fourth Bluff to connect the city’s riverfront to its downtown via key assets – the Cossitt Library, Mississippi River Park, Memphis Park, and a connecting pedestrian/bike trail. View Website

The foundation, which provides low-cost loans and nontraditional financial assistance to organizations promoting community development and strengthening the physical condition of the city, is a critical partner in the revitalization of the Woodward corridor. This grant supports the creation of a connected set of civic assets in Detroit’s Fitzgerald neighborhood. This grant will also support the Detroit demonstration site for the national Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. View Website

Living Cities – a philanthropic, corporate, and public-sector partnership – was established to bring community-development opportunities and the financial power of mainstream markets to urban neighborhoods and residents. This three-year grant provides general operating support. View Website

This grant provides general operating support for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to accelerate and expand efforts to create equitable and resilient communities of opportunity in Memphis and throughout the United States. View Website

The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. This grant supports the MLK50 Symposium, a two-day conference to be held at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.  The symposium will be the largest and culminating event of MLK50, a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination in Memphis. View Website

This grant will assist the National Civil Rights Museum in its efforts to safely reopen, reengage visitor audiences and resume operations following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Museum, located at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, honors and preserves the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King by chronicling the American civil rights movement and telling the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights. View Website

This grant provides continued general operating support to New America Local (previously known as the New America National Network) for the acceleration of their efforts to build equitable communities through research, programming, and design that centers resident voice, changes narratives, and leverages networks to drive action throughout the country. View Website

Small Business Majority—a national organization with a strong presence in California - will support BIPOC entrepreneurs in Fresno, California by strengthening the region’s small business ecosystem through direct education and information-sharing and by elevating to city, state, and federal policy-makers the experiences of entrepreneurs in accessing capital. View Website

The nationally recognized consulting practice provides real estate and economic development solutions to the institutions that anchor our communities. This grant supports the Reimagining the Civic Commons National Learning Network which manages research, evaluation, storytelling and cross-city learning for the Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. View Website

U3 Advisors is a real estate and economic development consulting practice. This grant supports the facilitation of the Reimagining the Civic Commons (RCC) National Learning Network, which manages the research, evaluation, storytelling and cross-city learning for the RCC initiative. View Website

U3 Advisors is a real estate and economic development consulting practice. This grant supports facilitation of the Reimagining the Civic Commons National Learning Network, which manages the research, evaluation, storytelling and cross-city learning for the Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. View Website

The real estate consulting practice specializes in projects that leverage the employment base, procurement volume and facilities of universities and medical institutions to improve their surrounding neighborhoods. This grant supports the Reimagining the Civic Commons National Learning Network which manages research on impact, storytelling and cross-city convenings for the Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. View Website

This grant supports the Urban League of Louisiana (ULLA), an affiliate of the National Urban League headquartered in New Orleans, with the hiring of staff to develop a communications and fundraising strategy for ULLA’s SEE Change Collective; a new initiative centered on closing the wealth gap for communities of color in the greater New Orleans area. View Website